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                                <center><h1>Timeline for Davies' work on "<font color="#ba2e2e">packet switching</font>"</h1></center>
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                                <p>Donald Davies, a British network pioneer, is  one of the co-inventors of the packet-switched network paradigm. The Internet services we take for granted, was predicted by Davies in Dec. 1965. He had a true vision of present day Internet. Davies' work at the UK's National Physical Laboratory explored packet switching , but he could not convince the British to fund a wide area network experiment. His papers, however, did show the importance of packet switching for computer communication.</p>
                                <p>We have prepared two documents which will help you gain more information on the development of "packet switching" and Davies' contribution to this field:</p>
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                                    <li><strong>Analysis of the development of "Packet Switching" at NPL</strong>. Download the <a href="../archives/Analysis_of_development_of_Packet_Switching_at_NPL.pdf">PDF</a> or <a href="../archives/Analysis_of_development_of_Packet_Switching_at_NPL.odt">ODF (Open Office Format)</a></li>
                                    <li><strong>Analysis of Donald Davies' Notes and Proposals</strong>. Download the <a href="../archives/Analysis_of_Davies_proposals.pdf">PDF</a> or <a href="../archives/Analysis_of_Davies_proposals.odt">ODF (Open Office Format)</a></li>
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